Is any one an artist!?

Question

I am a artist, i been a artist for all of my life, since kindergarten,and i want to know, are u a artist too like me? i draw still life, paint, chalk, landscape, etc..and i am pretty good, but at one thing i am not, drawing people is hard for me, i try to make the right shapes of the head but never suceed on the rest of it, so can u tell me how to draw people?

Answer 1

Another stress free way to start flowing on human figure is, just as the idea of using the projector mentioned before, is going to a photocopy shop, and blowing up the picture or photo to the size of your canvas and at home use tracing paper to get the outline on the surface your painting. Now I got a digital camera and make my family members pose for me if I need a man my husband etc. I put it in the computer and with photo shop or even Picture it! I filter it to "pencil" or the "photocopy filter" then print it out to the size I want, and use the tracing paper.
This morning I found this website; it has lists of books for beginners, one of them is Human figure, I think you'd find them useful aswell. Each one links to amazon.com where you can buy them on line even used very cheap, Or get them at your local library.I checked out lots of their recommendations all day today and I'm getting some of them asap from their digital design list.

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Answer 2

I would consider myself an artist... but then again, isn't everyone an artist? To draw people, try stepping back from your preconceived notions about the shape of the head, the eyes, the nose, the lips, and the other features of the face, and really look at the face as a whole, and then in parts. The most important thing is to draw features not as they appear through your brain's logical filter but rather as they are. There is a large distinction!

When I drew self-portraits, I had an extremely difficult time with the nose, until I realized that I was drawing it how my brain thought it should look, not how it did look. After I used a mirror to carefully examine and draw it, my nose looked huge on my portrait. However, after it was properly shaded, the face actually looked like me, unlike my previous attempts. The brain has the tendency to see features as you would like them, such as picturing my nose smaller than it was.

All this is to say, draw what's there, not what appears to be there. This goes for all realistic art, including the head and figure of a person. Good luck with your continued art endeavors!

Answer 3

Getting an anatomy book is probably the best solution. I recommend looking through da vinci's sketches of the human body. When I sketch I usually take a small stick (the ones for stirring coffee work well) and hold it up to whatever I am drawing. I then use the stick to help figure out the proportions of the body. For example, i would hold the stick up so the top would touch the head and the bottom of the stick would touch the feet. I would find the middle, then a fourth.

Answer 4

I took a life drawing class. They offer them at community colleges, so you can participate fairly cheap. Plus, by the end of it, you will have drawn the human form so many damn times that you may never want to do it again. Really helps though. But BEWARE!!! Lots of nakedness. Nude model doesn't always translate into nude supermodel. Some of these people look like the creepy old man janitor. Ew.

Answer 5

Im an artist but I cant tell you how to draw sorry :(
I have natural talent and have never needed the help of others but im sure you can find a book or website that can help you

Answer 6

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Answer 7

If it's a portrait, and you're trying to get proportions, cheat! I'm not kidding. Get one of those cheap craft projectors, put a photo of your subject in it, shine it onto your art paper and lightly sketch in the proportions and outline, barely suggesting the hair, etc. Then take it to your drawing surface and begin rendering it. In so doing, pretty soon you get the feel of where things go and you can do it without the projector.

Answer 8

Well, I'm not famous, nor do I have my own websight, and I'm only 13, but I do draw really well! I too, have been really good at drawing since I can remember. I love to draw still life, and I can draw people, somewhat well. I prefer drawing cartoonish kind of people instead of the exact details. My friends love my drawings and so do all of my teachers. If you want to write to me sometime my email address is: [e-mail] (not kidding!)

Answer 9

There are lots of good books about drawing people, but a "life drawing" class is best.

Answer 10

i as well do artwork... i paint draw pc graphic.... any way the best way for me to do a face is to do basic shapes like circles triangles squares then once you got that.... go over them with your pencil and soften them up.